Flogging Molly's College Tour
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Flogging Molly’s College Tour p.4 School for The Buzz Travel An Apathetic Scoundrels Goes Down Wardrobe p.6 Under p.5 p.7 10.05.06 p.2 ........................................... contents Weekly Web Poll 03 Inside Buzz Log on to www.myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz to vote The question: “What is your favorite comic book character?” Is it Wolverine? Batman? 04 Flogging Molly at UCI Spiderman? Someone Else? You tell us! www.myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz Cavil at Rest are Indie-Rock LISTEN ONLINE CHECK ONLINE WATCH ONLINE 05 The Sophisticated TSU IF YOU SEE ME, GO TO IF YOU SEE ME, GO TO IF YOU SEE ME, GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ Buzz Fashion DAILYTITANBUZZ DAILYTITANBUZZ DAILYTITANBUZZ I’m not sure what I’ll be this and it’s a long weekend perfect for Buzz Travel year. I’d really like to be Lucy and gambling. 06 School for Scoundrels Gets Nerdy Editor’s Ricky Ricardo. But, I think it will Anyhow, here’s a photo of my cat be Alice and the Mad Hatter this with a V for Vendetta mask on. Open Season Shoots on Screen Letter time around. If you have anything to say, send Hi everyone, thank I’m always excited about me an e-mail. Thanks! 07 Fullerton’s Newly Apathetic you for reading The Buzz this week. Halloween nearing because the – Kirsten Alto Buzz CD Review: Sean Lennon I hope all of you are dressing up next day of celebration after for Halloween this year. Even if Halloween for me is my birthday in you’re not planning on going out November. to any hip parties, I say you dress We go to Vegas every year over COVER: up and go knock on a few doors Thanksgiving weekend because my Guiness is the favored anyway. birthday falls on that weekend, drink for the bandmates of Flogging Molly, who played the UCI Bren Events Center Saturday on their College Tour. p.4 Photo by Cameron Pemstein Starting tonhis Saturday, September 23rd, enjoy ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Oktoberfest in Orange County without the jetlag! Kirsten Alto EXECUTIVE EDITOR Julie Anne Ines DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING Emily Alford BUZZ AD MANAGER Lesley Wu PRODUCTION Kirsten Alto ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Layla Hahka, Kathleen Cisneros, Stefanie Binditt, Sarah Oak, Beth Stirnaman The Daily Titan 714.278.3373 2 The Buzz Editorial 714.278.5426 [email protected] Editorial Fax 714.278.4473 The Buzz Advertising 714.278.3373 [email protected] Advertising Fax 714.278.2702 8 The Buzz , a student publication, is a supplemental insert for the Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan. It is printed every Thursday. The Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, College of Communications, CSUF administration and the CSU system. The Daily Titan has functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identified in the advertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be construed as written or implied sponsor- ship, endorsement or investigation of such commercial enterprises. Copyright ©2006 Daily Titan ........................................... p.3 10.05.06 can forget hearing about Dustin Diamond (yes, we’re talking about INSIDE Screech from Saved by the Bell) 05 THURSDAY and his sex tape ... who wants to see that? George Michael was Jet found asleep at the wheel in his car Henry Fonda We can safely say that there’s in the middle of a London street ... Hollywood nothing more facinating in gossip and this is the third time in eight this week than the Republican months ... he’s got some problems Open Season 06 Congressman Mark Foley’s explicit apparently. was No. FRIDAY 1 this week in the box office ... SEPTEMBER text messages to young boys ... Michael Graves Nothing is more hilarious than and all we can say is that it looks Carters Showcase a Christian in charge of stopping good. We haven’t seen the show yet on E! but it seems the Corona these crimes actually committing them ... what a sicko ... Rosie guys have some unresolved issues Paris Hilton Nick O’Donnell shot a snot-rocket on regarding ... is 07 Starr Jones right though, what kind of brother SATURDAY The View ... was really that bad after all? China is holding dates his bro’s ex? Did anyone else The Killers Animal Olympics and animal notice that one of the girls on The Bachelor The Wiltern rights activists are upset about it is a “beer chemist” Los Angeles ... everyone should be upset about and another is a “socialite” it, what is China’s problem? Who ... that’s just good television. 08 SUNDAY Cheyene Kimball w/ Ryan Star House of Blues Anaheim 09 MONDAY Hatebreed CONCERT CALENDAR: CONCERT House of Blues Sunset Strip 10 TUESDAY Gov’t Mule The Grove Anaheim 11 WEDNESDAY Rancid House of Blues Anaheim 12 THURSDAY Electric Six Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana 13 FRIDAY Def Leppard/ Journey Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles CHECK ONLINE IF YOU SEE ME, GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ DAILYTITANBUZZ 10.05.06 p.4........................................... Flogging Molly’s College Tour Stops at UCI BY KIRstEN ALTO initially because I thought it would Daily Titan Buzz Editor sound cool, but over the course of [email protected] time I actually learned what I was doing. I didn’t really learn about In 2001, when I first saw how it worked until I met Dave Flogging Molly as an opening band [King]. for The Living End, I had no idea DTB: How long has it taken you that five years later their popularity to create your sound and keep it would have expanded so. consistent so that someone can say The seven-piece band Dave King “that’s Flogging Molly.” on vocals and guitar, Bob Schmidt BS: (laughing) Until now it’s on mandolin and banjo, Nathan taken us nine years. […] As far as Maxwell on bass, Bridget Regan on how long it has taken for people to fiddle, Dennis Casey on guitar and recognize our sound, there are still a George Schwindt on drums, is now lot of people who don’t know who headlining its Side One Dummy the hell we are. college tour. Although CSUF isn’t DTB: What influences do you all on the list, they just performed at have? UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center BS: I think there is a lot of Saturday. crossover. I don’t think you will find Schmidt told The Buzz that the Photo by Cameron Pemstein anyone in the band who wasn’t a reason for the tour is to see how Johnny Cash fan or a Clash fan or a many college-age fans they have, LISTEN ONLINE CHECK ONLINE Stones fan or a Who fan. and by the looks fo the crowd at TO FLOGGING MOLLY FOR MORE PHOTOS DTB: Are you guys working on a WWW. MYSPACE.COM/ WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ UCI, they have many. DAILYTITANBUZZ DAILYTITANBUZZ new album? It’s no wonder people are BS: We are currently working on attracted to Flogging Molly. Their so I can forgive them. The Daily Titan Buzz: What is new album. We are trying to write Celtic punk sound is unique, highly Much of the excitement Saturday different about playing colleges? stuff now, and we hope to get into energetic and simply a lot of fun to night was gaining the energy from Schmidt’s Bob Schmidt: Basically ... it is set the studio in the beginning of the listen to. And their live performance the crowd. up different. … You roll in, and the next year. is fun to watch as well. Everyone’s singing along, knowing Quite the stage could be anywhere on campus. DTB: What do you think about I was happy that in this particular the songs’ ins and outs, and the But the energy never comes from popular music today? show they chose to mix older songs interactions between the crowd the venue, … the energy of these BS: I don’t know what popular with newer songs and jiggy songs and the band created the type of Mandolin college shows comes from us and music is today, and I am not sure with more quiet songs. It was nice atmosphere every show should have. the crowd. what popular music was when I was to hear some Swagger songs such as I can’t say this was the best Flogger DTB: Did any of the band go to kid, because when I was younger, I “Selfish Man,” which King dedicated Flogging Molly show I’ve ever been college? was always listening to what I was BS: to himself, “Devil’s Dance Floor” to, but many of the newer fans BY SEAN MCCORMICK I think just about everybody into, and it wasn’t usually popular. and, in the encore, “Black Friday would probably beg to differ. Daily Titan Staff Writer in the band, or at least half the DTB: Is there anything you Rule.” Although I don’t think Flogging [email protected] band, have taken a stab at it, if not would like to say to anybody who Sure, it would have been even Molly will ever have much radio play completing it. might be going to the show? nicer if “Worst Day Since Yesterday” or end up on MTV as they would Flogging Molly mandolin and DTB: How did you get started BS: Oh hell, I don’t know. I think was also played, but they did have to probably wish, I do urge everyone banjo player, Bob Schmidt, took playing the mandolin? it would be a challenge for them to make room for newer songs off their to go listen and check them out some time in between college tour BS: … It was just one of those come out.